7/13/2001—Autodesk, Inc has signed a definitive agreement to acquire its strategic partner, Buzzsaw.com. Buzzsaw.com is an online applications provider for the building industry, which was spun-off from Autodesk in October 1999. The acquisition of Buzzsaw.com is part of Autodesk’s strategy to extend its business to complementary new markets. Buzzsaw.com serves customers across the building design, construction, and management process: building owners and developers, facilities managers, commercial contractors, and reprographers—the consumers of design data created with Autodesk software.
With this acquisition, Buzzsaw.com is positioned to deliver on its original and current mission: to provide efficiencies and cost savings throughout the entire building design and construction process. The integration of Buzzsaw.com’s ProjectPoint online project collaboration application and its Plans & Specs online print management application with Autodesk’s AutoCAD and Architectural Desktop design software gives Autodesk customers a direct connection to Buzzsaw.com’s project management applications from their design applications.
The two companies have also co-developed web-enabled tools, such as Autodesk Volo View, to let members of extended design teams easily view, plot, mark up and collaborate with design data. Together, this technology and these products create a comprehensive building-design data set that can tie together all participants in the building design, construction, and management process. For more information, contact Autodesk.
